generated: '2026-08-06'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/support,
  https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md,
  https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/SUPPORT.md,
  https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/releases
description: >-
  Kiota is a shipped developer tool, not a hosted service, so its lifecycle
  posture is a release/support policy rather than an API version policy: Semantic
  Versioning, a documented monthly minor cadence, side-by-side installation, an
  explicit "latest major only" support window, and a per-language maturity ladder
  (Stable / Preview / Experimental / Abandoned) where "Abandoned" is the
  deprecation signal — the language stays until the next major release and users
  are told to migrate off. There is no status page, because there is no service
  to have status: Kiota runs on the developer's machine or in their CI.
versioning:
  scheme: semver
  spec: https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html
  current: 1.34.1
  docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/support
  release_types:
    - type: major
      contains: New features, new public API surface area, bug fixes. Breaking changes are expected.
      cadence: As needed.
      support: Only the latest major release is maintained, except for security and privacy issues where patches may ship to prior majors.
      side_by_side: true
    - type: minor
      contains: New features, public API surface area, bug fixes. No breaking changes to the tooling experience or to the generated API surface of Stable maturity languages.
      cadence: Targeted for the first Tuesday of every month.
      side_by_side: true
    - type: patch
      contains: Security and non-security bug fixes.
      cadence: As needed.
  roll_forward: >-
    Installing a new version of the tooling does not affect existing generated
    code. Applications do not automatically roll forward; code must be
    regenerated with the new tooling, and Microsoft recommends rebuilding and
    testing against a newer major or minor before deploying to production.
deprecation:
  policy_url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/support
  changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
  sunset_header: false
  mechanism: language maturity ladder + semver major
  notes: >-
    Deprecation is expressed two ways. (1) Language maturity: a language marked
    "Abandoned" is no longer maintained and will be removed in a future major
    release; users are explicitly told to start migrating off the generated
    client for that language. (2) Generated code: Kiota emits extra
    backward-compatibility code marked obsolete, which is removed in the next
    major version; --exclude-backward-compatible (--ebc) opts out of emitting it.
    RFC 8594 Sunset/Deprecation headers do not apply — Kiota is a CLI, not an
    HTTP service.
  maturity_levels:
    - level: stable
      definition: Kiota provides full functionality for the language and is used to generate production API clients.
    - level: preview
      definition: Kiota is at or near the level of stable but isn't being used to generate production API clients.
    - level: experimental
      definition: Kiota provides some functionality for the language but is still in early stages; some features might not work correctly or at all.
    - level: abandoned
      definition: The language is not maintained anymore and will be removed in a future major release; users should start migrating off the generated client for the language.
  support_experience:
    - level: microsoft
      definition: Implemented by the Kiota team at Microsoft; users can expect support from the team as with any regular product.
    - level: community
      definition: Implemented by the broader Kiota community; users can expect help from other community members but not direct Microsoft support.
  live_query:
    command: kiota info
    note: >-
      The authoritative, current maturity level per language is whatever
      `kiota info` prints for the installed version. This artifact deliberately
      does not freeze the per-language table, because it moves between releases.
sla:
  url: null
  public_uptime_target: null
  notes: >-
    No SLA and no uptime commitment — Kiota is MIT-licensed software that runs
    locally. Microsoft's published support policy for the project is explicitly
    limited to the GitHub channels listed in SUPPORT.md.
status_page: null
status_page_notes: >-
  None published, and none applicable: the tool has no hosted runtime. The two
  network dependencies it does have are third-party registries reached by
  `kiota search`/`kiota download` (APIs.guru, GitHub), whose availability Kiota
  does not report on.
support:
  primary_channel: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues
  discussions: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/discussions
  policy: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/SUPPORT.md
  docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/support
license:
  spdx: MIT
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/LICENSE
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-08-06'
  probes:
    - url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openapi/kiota/support
      status: 200
    - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/kiota/main/SUPPORT.md
      status: 200
    - url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/discussions
      status: 200
    - url: https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/LICENSE
      status: 200